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86th Year Estab lished April. 1877. as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Ztitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, June 7, 1962 7 cen ts a Copy; S3.00 per yea r by mall
within Lancaster County; $3.00 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 8
Lee Dunkle
To Teach
In Japan
Lee Dunkle, Well - known
school vocal teacher, announc­ed
this week th a t he will be
leaving in August to accept a
position with the United
Church of Christ in Japan.
Dunkle will attend o r ienta ­tion
courses a t Stoney Point,
New York, d ur ing Ju n e and
July as preparation for the
trip.
LEAVES FOR JAPAN
Little Leaguers Open
Season This Saturday
Lee Dunkle
He will s tay In J a p a n for
th re e years as an Ins tructor of
voice, piano, and organ a t the
Women’s College of lloshisha
University in Kyoto, Japan.
This is his first tr ip out
of the country and he hopes
to be able to visit Seattle and
Alaska on his way out as well
as travel a round J a p a n once
lie arrives.
lie had tau g h t In the Wa r­wick
School system for seven
years. He received his BS
from Lebanon Valley College
and his Masters of Education
from Pennsylvania S ta te Unt
versity.
The Lititz Littlp Leaguers
will march this Saturday th r ­ough
Lititz to officially s ta r t
the Lit tl t League season.
The parade will s t a r t at
9:45 a.m. a t the elementary
school and will march down
Broad Street to -Wi lb u r Choc.
Company held.
The ceremony will include a
flag raising by the American
Legion, and the veterans of
Foreign Wars, invocation by
F a th e r Driscoll, and greeting
from Pres ident Ray Huber of
the Warwick Midget League.
Both County Commissioner
Herb Wagaman and Organized
Baseball for Boys Commission­er
Charles Henry will speak
to the boys.
Mayor Griswold, who has
officially proclaimed Sa turday
as Little League Day, will also
be on band.
The boys wil then select
Queens for the National League
and tli e American League.
Tile Rev. Olden Mitchell will
give the benediction.
After life ceremonies the
Cardinals and the Red,legs for
and the White Sox and the
Yankees for the Midget Lea­gue
will play.
Nominated for Queen in tin;
National League are: Giants'
Debbie Ebersolt}; Cardinals,
Leslie Shreiner; Phillies. Vicki
Ober; Dodgers, Carol Kurtz;
and Red Legs, Christine Brum-bach.
Ony nominees for Queen,
available at press time, for the
American Lea.gon were Donna
Fenstermaclier, Yankees; Lois
Adams, Tigers; and Elaine
Dugan, White Sox.
PREVIEW OF THE BRETHREN CHURCH
Only 75 More Tickets
Needed For Springs Pool
According to the la te s t to­tals
from the borough office
the Lititz Springs Pool only
needs 7 5 more family season
tickets to have reached its
goal of 610 tickets sold for the
season!
This would bring in the
$15,300 budgeted for pool
tickets by council a t present
$13,021 worth of tickets have
been sold for the pool.
The pool was also p u t in
be tte r shape financially this
week when it was found th a t
Lititz patrons planned to con­sume
a fantastic amo u n t of
soft dTinks and c^ndy a t the
concession stands.
While the pool committee
had only budgeted a total of
$800 from th e concession
s tands for the entire year, over
$50 of this was forth coming
in the first three days th a t
the pool was open.
Three Youths Injured
In Two Auto Accidents
If these sales continue to he
carried forward from day to
day, the pool should be in no
trouble at all financially!
Item s Stolen
The borough office also an ­nounced
th a t several items
were stolen from the men ’s
locker room d uring the pool
opening last Wednesday. They
urged th a t patrons of the pool
register th e i r values a t the
office or lock them up securely.
P o o l Schedule
We a th e r permitting the pool
will be open from 12 noon to
9 p.m. on week days and
Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to
9 p.m. on Sundays.
At present, until warmer
we a the r arrives, it will be
closing a t 8 p.m.
Single admissions run $1.00
for adults and 50c for child­ren.
Season tickets are $30 for
a family and $15 for a single
person.
HEADS CAMPAIGN
V
Scott Ycrger, eleven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Yerger, 309 Cedar Street, is
reported still unconcious in
the Lancaster General Hospit­al
after being struck by a car
last Wednesday.
Charles Palmer, five, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pa lme r
514 E. Fro n t Street, is stiil
in the Lancaster General Hos­pital
suffering from a fractured
skull a f te r being struck by
a car Saturday night.
Daniel Palmer, the Palmers
othe r son, is suflering from
abras ions as a result of the
accident.
lioth accidents occured when
the boys rode their bicycles
out of the driveways into the
path of an oncoming car.
In botji cases police report
th a t the dr ive r s af the cars
Were going at safe speeds.
Police Chief Hicks s ta ted
-that the accidents were espee-ialy
tragic in th a t th ey need
been avoided if the boys had
not have occured. -He felt
th a t both could have
looked before riding out of th e
driveway.
Ea r lie r in th e year Wiliam
Scott Zong, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Zong, was injured
when b e d a r te d across tne
s tre e t in front of a car. Tliou-taken
to the Lancaster Hos­pital
with internal injuries he
has since re turned home.
T h e Pa lme r boy was injured
on Saturday when he and his
b ro th e r rode tan d em on Dan­iel’s
bicycle out of a driveway
a t 511 E. F ro n t St. and into
th e path of an automobile
driven by Douglas Minnich, E.
Fro n t St.
Scot Yerger was hit Wednes­d
ay when he drove his bicycle
out of a driveway directly into
the path of a car driven by
Howard R. Farlow, Hopeland,
P a . i
P a sto r Olden Mitchell opens th e do o r
leading in to Hie .sanctuary of th e new Bre­th
re n Chureli fo r two members of th e con­g
reg a tio n , Dr. Henry G. Bucher, m o d e ra to r,
an d Henry Gibbcl, ch u rch c le rk . Seen in th e
p ic tu re a re tile u n u su a l sta in g lass windows
th a t s e p a ra te th e s a u e tu a ry from tin* e n try
ball.
First Services This Sunday
In New Church Of The Brethren
Brethren Church Seats 650
Has Over 20 Class Rooms
MANGLES FINGERS
Vincent Becker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Becker, Lit­itz
R3, met with an accident
on Monday evening which re ­sulted
in badly rûangled fin­gers
on his left hand.
He was tak en to the L an ­cas
ter General Hospital where
it is still unde te rmined whe ­the
r or not he will lose his
fingers.
Raymond Pettyjohn
Pettyjohn Will
Head Campaign
Raymond L. Pettyjohn, Sr.,
15.4 South Broad Street, Lit­itz,
has been appointed Wa r ­wick
Union Area Chairman
fo r - th e forthcoming 1962 Lan­caster
County United Cam­paign
by the Genera] Chair­man,
Mr. C. E. Burnett.
To help in this campaign,
Mr. Pe ttyjohn will appoint
other volunteer leaders as
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The Lititz Church of the
Bre thren has about completed
its new church sanctuary and
educational building, 300 W.
Orange Street, and will have
its first services the re on Sun­day.
Ground Breaking Cere­mony
was held a t the site just
one year ago and the general
contractor William Murry -and
Son began work imemdiatciy
thereafter.
At the cente r of the build­ing
is the san c tu a ry seating
5 00 in the nave, 75 in the
choir loft in the chancel and
about 7 5 in the balcony.
The east wing of the build-
Church of God
Holds Services
Sunday Morning
The Church of God will hold
it’s ’ first morning warship Ser­vices
June 10 at 9:00 A.M.
when Rev. Donald M. Cohick,
the recehtly appointed pastor
will preach his first sermon.
The Services will be held in
the Church formerly occupied
by the Church of the Brethren
congregation on E. Center St.
Sunday School will follow the
worship Service at 10:00 A.M
Rev. Cohick comes to the
Lititz congregation from the
Mount Joy Church of God
where he has been serving for
the past 3 years. He extends
to all a very personal welcome
Especially those who have no
church connections. This is
your opportunity to become
pa rt of a new church in your
community.
The Rev. A. M. Rhine of the
Mechanicsburg Church of God
presented Rev. Cohick to the
congregation a t the ir last af­ternoon
meeting, Ju n e 3rd.
Rev. Thomas Lucas of SmithT
ville Church, who was supply­ing
the church for the last 6
months, preached his last
sermón last Sunday.
irig is the children’s a rea with
twelve children’s classrooms
and the Church School office.
The west wing of th e building
includes the Fellowship Hall,
Church Kitchen and the
Lounge Or P a r lo r with kitche­nette,
four-room office and ad­minis
trative area, and clas s­rooms
for Ju n io r High, Senior
High and Post, High Youth
and th e Adult Classes. The
building contains a tota l of
twenty-eight rooms in addi­tion
to the san c tu a ry aud Fel­lowship
Hall,
Although the final cost of
the building, grounds aud fu r ­nishings
in not ye t complete, it
is anticipated that. the. total
will be between $375,000 aiid
$400,000. Thin week the pews
and chancel fu rn itu re a re be­ing
installed, and the drive­ways
and parking lots are be­ing
paved.
Furnishings arc being a r ­ranged
in the various class
rooms and offices. Still to’ be
completed is the laying of the
carpet in the chancel and aisles
of tlie sanctuary, and the met­al
coating on th e church
steeple.
Members who served on the
Building Committee were:
Franklin K. Cassel, Chairman;
John G. Hershey, Vice Chair­man;
John K. Graybill, Secre­tary;
Garth D. Becker, Melvin
Brubaker, Milton Brubaker,
Henry G. Bucher, Mrs. F r a n k ­lin
K. Cassel, David Jl. Forry,
Elwood H. Gibble, Elwood D.
Hershey, Mrs. John G. He r ­shey,
Harold M. Hollinger,
Phares G. Hollinger, Pas tor
Olden D. Mitchell, Mrs. J. Paul
Shelly, E rn e s t D, Shenk, Levi
B. Weaver.
Fourteen Are Cited
ÀtSchool Graduation
F our te en seniors received
awards a t Warwick High
School Commencement exer­cises
on Wednesday night
when a class of ninety-four
was graduated.
Pe a rl Martin, dau g h te r of
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Mar­tin,
Bareville R l , carried off
the honors a t the exercises
when she c aptured the Aiumni
Two Youths Lead Police On Merry Chase
Caught In
Ephrata
Tlic Lititz Police were taken
on a merry chase Friday morn­ing!
But at the end of the hunt,
they had tracked down the
two youths c aught breaking in­to
Lehman ’s garage.
The youths, who were sight­ed
ju s t a fte r they had entered
the garage by patrolman Long
and Dissinger on a routine
patrol, ran out of the building
and headed across the fields
toward Ephrata .
And before they were finally
picked up they had walked
the entire distance.
However, in the ir haste to
depart they had left their
car sitting in front of the gar­age
so that borough police
were able, by the license num-
(C o n tin u ed o n page 3)
CAUGHT!
* h,
1Ä
i
r P a tro lm e n Lloyd Long a n d Howard Dis-
) sin g e r pose th e (wo y o u th s c au g h t b re a k in g
into Lehman’s Garage
to th e County Prison.
before hauling them
Guy Bomberger
Local Executive
Dies At Temple
Services were held Monday
for Guy 1I. Bomberger, seventy-four,
604 S. Broad St. who
died a t Temple University Hos­pital,
Philadelphia on T h u r s ­day.
The Rt. Rev. Carl Helmich
officiated a t th e services in
the Moravian Church. in t e r ­ment
was in the adjoining
eometary. The Spaclit Funeral
iloino was in charge of a r r ­angements.
A prominent Litilz business
man and civic leader, Bomb­erger
' was affiliated with Die
firm of Long and Bomberge'.
a Lititz building ma terial and
fuels company, from 1922 until
retiring j h 1960.
A g rad u a te of Franklin
and Marshall Academy and
College, the la t te r in .1911, ho
served as ail lassisUini prof­essor
of chemistry a t th e
University of Pennsylvania be­fore
accepting
Pennsylvania R;
chemist. He held this position
for eight years a t Altoona.
MANY ACTIVITIES
He was a son of th e 1-ale
David and Emma Bomberger.
An active member of th e Lititz
Moravian Church, he served on
its board of trus tees for 16
years. He was a past pres­ident
of the Lancas ter County
(C o n tin u ed on P ag e 6) .
Gibbel Will
Present Keys
The Lititz Church of the
Brethren will have its first
services on Sunday morning
in its new building a t 300 W.
Orange Street. At 8:35 A.M.
there will be a brief “Key
Ceremony’’ a t the main front
entrance in which the con­s
truction committee chairman,
Elwood H. Gibble, will present
keys to the building to Church
School Superintendent, Elwood
D. Hershey, and to Pastor
Olden D. Mitchell. They will
officially open the Church for
study and worship.
The Church School, a t 9:00
A.M., begins the summer sche­dule.
The general super inten­dent
and the depa rtmenta l
supe r intendents will be a t the
various entrances to help
everyone find the proper class
rooms.
In the Worship Service at
1.0:00 the Pastor will lie a s ­sisted
by Dr. Henry G. Bucher,
local church moderator , and
Henry H. Gibbel, church clerk.
The service will lie in obser­vance
of Pentecost Sunday —
the birthday of the church.
The morning Sermon theme
will lie “ The Spirit Filled
Church” . The Senior Choir,
unde r the direction of Miss
Etta Joan Hershey, will sing
the anthem “ Praise Ye The
F a th e r ’’-by Gounod. Mrs. J am ­es
Shank will ho (he accom­panist.
In tlie morning service re ­cognition
will be given to the
children of the church in ob­servance
of the traditiona l
Children’s Day Service, the
second Sunday of June.
The Dedication Services will
be held Ju n e 14-17 with se r­vices
at 7:30 eaph evening.
The iirst servi.ee has been de­signated
as Community and
Interdenominational Ni g h t .
Larry Greybill
Wins Scholarship
La r ry E. Greybill, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Grey-bill,
R. F. D. # 1 , Lititz, is one
of five Central Ea s te rn Penn­sylvania
high school seniors
who have been awarded Penn­sylvania
Power & Light Com­pany
Sta te College Scholar­ships,
it was announced today
by Mr. Chars. E. Oakes, the
utility’s board chairman and
chief executive officer.
La r ry will atten d Millers-ville
State College and ma jor
in English and mathematics .
A senior at Warwick High
school band, baseball and bas-schol
band, baseball and bas­ketball
teams, chorus, glee
club, Hi-Y Club, National
Honor Society, and senior play
cast. : ’’
In addition, he is manage r
of the football team, cap-tain
of the ten n i s team, pres ident
of the F.T.A., and li te r a ry co-edUor„
af the yearbook.
Honor Student Award, the
Science Honor Award and one
of the Warwick Union Teach­e
r’s Association Awards.
She was also one of the
speakers at the ceremony, ta lk ­ing
on “The Mind” and g ra ­duates
first in her class aca­demically.
J a n e t Rcidcnbaugh and
James Richard Boose, lied for
second place in number of
awards received with two each.
Janet, d aughte r of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Reidonbaugh, 411
Woodcrest Ave., received the
Chemistry Award and the Lan­caster
Bar Association Award.
Ranking second in the class
of ninety-four she gave an
address at commencement en­titled
“The Universe” .
James, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Boose, 301 Gochcnau-er
Ave., received both the
American Agricultural F ounda ­tion
Award for Vocational
Agriculture and the DeKalb
Award to the Outstanding
Senior Agriculture Student.
Connie Landis, d a u g h te r of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Landis,
received the American Agricul­tural
Foundation Award for
V o c a t i p n a 1 Homemaking
awarded by the * Society of
Fa rm Women No. 1.
The Danforth Awards were
given to Barbara Ruth Pen­nell,
dau g h te r of Mr. and Mrs.
Pennell and Les ter Carl Jiagle,
son of Mr. John Albert Nagle.
(Continued on Page 2)
Bob Hanna Family Back
Alter Two Years In Berlin
T h e Robe r t Han n a 's r e tu rn ­ed
from West Berlin last wee«
a f te r :a s tay of more th a n two
years in th e beleguered city.
The family, with two young
children, ag e s four and five,
have lived in We s t Berlin since
th e beginning of 1960.
Bob Hanna is th e son of
Mrs. Robert H a n n a and tlie
late Robert Hanna, Ea s t Sec­ond
Avenue.
Bob re turned home to help
out with th e business founded
by his father, (he Robert
Hanna Company, located on
Broad Street.
in speaking of his families
stay in Berlin Bob reported
th a t th e West Berliners are
very friendly toward Amer­icans.
In fact he s ta ted tha t
they a re more so than th e Ger­mans
of West Germany proper,,
an unusual fact when'you con­sider
tha t th e troops in West
Brclin a re troops of occupation
while those in West Germany
a r e ' t h e r e by invitSf ion.
HowevortJh'ough th e s i tu a t ­ion
was quiets«* when be left
th an usual, Bob repor ted th a t
■the tanks , up till th e time he
left, still made th e t r ip by his
home a t leas t once a day and
often more.
When asked how th i s direct­ed
th e children Bob s ta ted
BACK AT THE SHOP
Rosenberg And Ludwig
Head School Offices
Donna Rosenberg was elect­ed
pres ident of the Warwick
High School s tu d e n t council
for next year a t school-wide
elections held recently., „
Other s tudent council offi­cers
elected were: vicq presi-
Kaufman Heads
Lititz Teachers
Carl it. Kaufman, 416
Laurel Avenue, was recently
elected pres ident of the Wa r ­wick
Union Teachers ’ Associa­tion
for tlie year 1962-63.
Kaufman is flic head of the
English d e p a r tme n t a t Die
high school, lie succeeds Rich­ard
Murr, industrial arts
teacher, as head of tho local
organization.
Other officers elected were:
a post with tlie | Robert Alspach, vice pres ident; j n a rv Jn McCoy; vice presi
.ailroad Go. as a Riciiaid Will, \ ice pres ident, Irvin Wenger* secretary
Harold Zimmerman, secretary
and Richard Mearig, treasurer.
Kaufman lias appointed the
following standing committee
chairmen: le g i s la tiv e , Ronald
Auchak; salary, Ja ck Noli;
newsletter, Miss Linda Itzoe;
social and hospitality, Robert.
Alspach; membership, Mrs.
Ru th Ann Yininger; arid wel­fare,
Miss Mary Sturgis.
dent, Glenn Ludwig; riocretary
Ba rba ra Adams; and t r e a s u r ­er,
Donna Bachman.
Alan Jones was elected to
head the senior class for the
coming year. Other senior
officers elected were: vice pro
sident, Linda Miller; secretary
Sue Minnich; and treasurer ,
Louise Cliristener.
Eleventh grade officers a re :
president, Robert Donmoyer;
vice president, J o A n n e
Pfautz; secretary, Lyn Min-nicb;
and tre a su re r , Julie
Stoyanovich.
TriiVa Lecd was elected pre­sident
of tho Sophomore class*
while Fred Sample was slated
to take the vice presidency.
Other officers a rc : secretary,
Richard Gundrum, and t r e a ­surer,
Lyndcll Landis.
Ninth grade officers for the
coining year a re : president,
president,
Mar­cia
Groves; and tre a sure r , Fay
Miley.
Howard Bcittenmillcr was
elected by the incoming eighth
grade class as president. Phyl­lis
Obcr was elected vice pre­sident:
Ka th y Shannon was
elected secretary and Carol
Bredthaue r was elected t r e a ­surer.
*
Robert G. Hanna
that lr<> felt th a t (hoy have
lif'rn- able to have many-advan­tage
s th a t the normal Amer­ican
youngster never has.
Because of th e relatively
quiet situation in Berlin, he
expia ini d, the children seldom
knew.that they were in a place
which is considered a stress
area by th e r e o f of the-’world.
Ra the r they enjoyed the
tanks, planes a nd soldiers ..they
saw around them. And becauso
they wore so young, it was un­necessary
for either Bob or his
wife to place an y real re s tr ic t­ions
on them.
Th e ir eldest child, Jonothau,
five, went t o a German* kinder­garten
for part of his stay in
Die city and both of tho child­ren
speak a little German, and
sing German songs with aban­don.
(Continued on Page 2)
Community
Calendar
J u n e 7— NO SCHOOL.
6:30 P.M. — Lions Club,
meeting a t th e General
Sutter.
6:30 P.M. -Me n ’s Soft-ball
- A.B.C. vs. Diehm &
Kepnor.
Ju n e S - - LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL.
School s tudents report.
1:00 P.M. —- Elementary
1:3 ft P.M....-High School
students report.
Ju n e 11- 6: 30 P .M.— Men’s
Softball - Brethren vs.
A.B.C.
June 11! 6:00 P.M. — Rotary
Club meeting.
6:30 P.M.— Dichm & Kep-ner
vs. Beford - Men’s
Softball.
7:00 P.M —Tho Women’s
Softball Team will meet
at tlie Lion’s Field.
I» -0:30 P.M. — Men’s
Manbock’s vs.
June
Softball
Hoffy’s.
Ju n e I I — 6 : 0 P.M. - - Men’s
Softball - S p rin g s Bar vs.
Beford.
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